THE UNKNOWN ROAD

It only took me a few minutes to realize something was wrong. I'm lost in a place I don't recognize. I'm driving down route 3, the same route I always take home. Then something happened.

The scenery began to change. I no longer saw houses or cars or two highways separating each other. There are no longer gas stations or rest stops.

I see nothing expect trees. The lights are dim. What's even worse the day turned into night in a matter of seconds.

I continue driving for miles. I see nothing but darkness. The darkness is starting to turn to fog.

At first the fog is light but as I continue to drive the fog becomes thick. I'm unable to drive. I stop my car. I try to use the wipers to clean some of the fog. No luck.

My car unexpectedly shuts off. I didn't turn my car off. I try to turn my car back on. It's not working.

I can't see anything. The fog has completely engulfed my car. I roll the windows up.

Hour's pass, the fog is letting up. I try to start my car. My car turns on. I blow a huge sigh of relief.

I drive away. I look out of my window and see the fog behind me. I don't know what to make of what just happened.

I'm getting frustrated. I don't know how to get off of this road. There is no exit and worse of all I haven't seen a car on this road.

A faint light appears up ahead. I sense a flicker of hope. I drive to the light. But as I reach the light, the light disappears.

I'm angry. I stop my car and furiously bang on the steering wheel. I need to calm down or my asthma will flare up.

I breathe in and out three times. I feel a little better. I get out of my car. The air feels good. I take out my cell. I'm happy to find a connection. I call my mom.

My cell keeps ringing and ringing and ringing. My mom does not answer. I check my phone. There is still a connection.

I call my mom again. My mom is still not answering me. I go check google maps to see my location.

I can't find my location. I look up at the sky. What I see scares me. I didn't notice because I was driving, trying to find a way off of this road.

"Where are the stars and moon?"

I lay on top of the hood of my car looking up at the sky. I start to wonder if I'm dreaming. I pinch myself to wake-up.

No, not dreaming at all. I slap myself. Again not dreaming. "Where the hell are the moon and stars?"

I'm confused and scared and lonely. I try one more time. I call my mom. My cell keeps ringing and ringing and ringing.

I get up from the hood. I stare into the vast darkness. I swear I see two pairs of eyes staring at me.

Two blue eyes are looking at me. Cautiously, I get off of the hood. I don't know what to do.

Should I go and see what it is? or Should I call out to whoever it is? On the side of safety, I call out.

"is someone there?" All I can hear is the sound of my own voice.

No one is answering me. I call out again. Again, no one is answering me. I look out into the darkness where I saw the eyes. The eyes are gone.

The eyes are replaced by giggling. I don't know what to make of the giggling. I walk a little further onto the patch of grass.

The giggling grows louder. I don't see anything. The giggling is all around me. I'm terrified. I run back to my car and speed away.

I can still hear the giggling. I will it to stop. Many miles down the road the giggling stops.

I'm happy. No more giggling. What is happening now? A light beams down from the sky.

I stop my car. I get out. I look up at the sky. I see nothing unusual, expect there are no stars and moon.

I touch the light. It passes right through me. I get back in my car. The light is still there. My car begins to move.

I want to stop my car. The light won't let me stop. I easy off of the gas pedal.

My foot doesn't come off of the gas pedal. In fact, my car goes faster and faster and faster. I'm not in control of my car.

Going as fast as humanly possible. Me and my car pass some sort of force shield.

In an instant night becomes day. My car stops. My eyes are big as saucers. "What just happened?" I whisper to myself.

I get out of my car. I see a blue sky, colorful flowers, butterflies. I walk to the flower fields and lay down.

"This is better than the dark road."

I close my eyes. I'm dead tired. I fall asleep. What seems like hours but it's only been minutes, I wake-up.

I'm covered in flowers. I look around. There is no one near me. I get up and go to my car.

I hop in. I turn my car on and check to see if I have gas. I look at the gas gauge. A full tank.

I begin to drive. Up the road I go still looking for an exit. "How the hell did I end up here?"

I check the time in my car. it reads 8:05.I check my phone clock. It reads 8:05. That's the time I left work for home.

I keep driving. That's all I can do at this point. I turn on the radio. The radio is not working.

I hate the silence. The silence is playing on my sanity. The road is never ending. I feel like I'm Dorothy from the wizard of oz following the yellow brick road.

A little further up the road, I spot something. I race my car to where I spotted whatever it is I saw.

I stop my car. I get out and look with ways. "Where are you?" I spot what I'm looking for. I step onto the patch of grass. The grass is crunching under my feet.

I spot what looks like a small house. I'm quite unsettled by this discovery. I walk around the small house.

I bend down and look inside. I see small furniture. Small tv. Small kitchen. Everything is small.

"Boo!" I quickly step back, scared by what I just saw. The door opens. I see little people running out of the house.

They are coming towards me. I get up and run back to my car. The little people are still coming. I turn my car on and speed away.

I go as fast as humanly possible. I look out the window. The little people are gone.

"Close call." So, I keep driving and driving and driving. I never thought I'll be sick and tired of driving but I am.

Time goes on. Day time is still here. Flowers, more flowers and grass and more grass. That's all I see.

Time still goes on. Just as I'm about to give up, I see a rainbow. I begin to think.

"Could it be possible that's the way out?"

I drive to the rainbow. It's huge. I pray this is the way out. I position my car on one end of the rainbow. I count to ten.

A series of flashes surround my car. My car lifts up into the air. My car travels the length of the rainbow.

It's dark. I look around. I'm back on route 3. I race home. I find my mom with the police.

I vaguely remember what happen to me. My mom runs to me and gives me a hug.

I hug my mom back. "You've been missing for one week." I'm shocked.

I hug my mom again. I follow my mom inside the house. I can hear the giggling once again. At least I remember that.